MICHAEL SCHUMACHER says he will drive for Mercedes in next year’s Formula 1 season because he is still hungry for another world championship title, the BBC reports.
The seven-time drivers’ championship winner returned to F1 this year after three years in retirement.
He contemplated a return for Ferrari last year after their driver Felipe Massa was seriously injured during the Hungarian Grand Prix. A neck and back injury prevented him from being fit in time to stand in, though.
Paddy Power gave Schumacher odds of 8/1 to win the championship when he announced his return for 2010, but this season hasn’t gone smoothly for the German. He had yet to score a podium finish.
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Lewis Hamilton, who leads the drivers’ championship, is 109 points ahead of Schumacher.
Schumacher, 41, has a good record at the German Grand Prix, which takes place this weekend at Hockenheim, having won the race four times. Practice for Sunday’s race begins tomorrow.
Schuey looking for eighth championship
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER says he will drive for Mercedes in next year’s Formula 1 season because he is still hungry for another world championship title, the BBC reports.
The seven-time drivers’ championship winner returned to F1 this year after three years in retirement.
He contemplated a return for Ferrari last year after their driver Felipe Massa was seriously injured during the Hungarian Grand Prix. A neck and back injury prevented him from being fit in time to stand in, though.
Paddy Power gave Schumacher odds of 8/1 to win the championship when he announced his return for 2010, but this season hasn’t gone smoothly for the German. He had yet to score a podium finish.
Lewis Hamilton, who leads the drivers’ championship, is 109 points ahead of Schumacher.
Schumacher, 41, has a good record at the German Grand Prix, which takes place this weekend at Hockenheim, having won the race four times. Practice for Sunday’s race begins tomorrow.
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